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Understanding and Preventing Today's Targeted Threats#IWDRSECURITY

For years, enterprise security defenses have been focused on attacks that were widespread but not very selective in their targets. Viruses, worms, botnets, and other malware dominated the threat horizon. Today, however, attacks are becoming much more sophisticated. Attackers - including nation-states, hacktivists, and organized cyber criminals - are honing in on the organizations and enterprises that have the data they want, and launching complex exploits designed to fool employees and crack the most sensitive systems.

Do you know how attackers exploit the weaknesses that exist in current enterprise security defenses - and how you can shore up those weaknesses?

What You Will Learn

In this half-day live event, the Dark Reading & InformationWeek team will join with top industry experts to offer a look at the latest and most sophisticated threats - including targeted attacks and advanced persistent threats (APTs). Some of the industry's best-known personalities and vendors will be on hand to discuss the latest attack trends, the motivations, methods, and tools behind them, and how enterprises' cyber defense strategies must change to stop these new threats.

Profile of a targeted attacker - who are they and why do they do what they do?

How attackers choose their targets

How advanced persistent threats (APTs) may infect your organization

How to detect next-generation attacks

What you can do to stop attackers from successfully targeting your organization

And much more!

Who Should Attend

VPs of IT

CIOs / CTOs

CSOs in commercial enterprises or
government agencies

Security administrators / technicians

Security operations staff

Incident response teams

Business people/managers who want to know more about current threats

Join us for this exclusive new event that will celebrate the achievements of the 2013 Elite 8 honorees and will highlight the strategies, skills and "lessons learned" these executive deploy to lead their organizations to success.

SPEAKERS

George Kurtz Keynote

President/CEO and Co-Founder of CrowdStrike

George Kurtz is an internationally recognized security expert, author, entrepreneur and speaker. He has almost twenty years of experience in the security space and has helped hundreds of large organizations and government agencies around the world tackle the most demanding security problems.

Tim WilsonHost

Site Editor, Dark Reading

One of Dark Reading's founding editors, Tim has spent more than 24 years as an IT journalist, industry analyst, therapist, and bartender. Tim has previously served as the business editor for Network Computing, chief of reporters at InternetWeek, and executive editor at DataTrends Publications.

Eric BrunoModerator

Contributing Editor, InformationWeek

Eric Bruno is a contributing editor to InformationWeek with more than 20 years of experience in the information technology community. He is a highly requested moderator and speaker for a variety of conferences and other events on topics spanning the technology spectrum from the desktop to the data center.

Harry SverdlovePanelist

CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER, BIT9

Harry Sverdlove Bit9's Chief Technology Officer, draws from nearly two decades of application design and analysis with industry-leading IT enterprises to add a new layer of technical expertise and strategic vision to Bit9's Trust-based Security Platform.

Chris EngPanelist

VICE PRESIDENT, RESEARCH, VERACODE

Chris Eng, vice president of research, is responsible for integrating security expertise into Veracode's technology. In addition to helping define and prioritize the security feature set of the Veracode service, he consults frequently with customers to discuss and advance their application security initiatives.

Tim "TK" KeaniniPanelist

CTO, LANCOPE

TK Keanini brings nearly 25 years of network and security experience to the CTO role. He is responsible for leading Lancope's evolution toward integrating security solutions with private and public cloud-based computing platforms. TK is also responsible for developing the blueprint and solution that will help Lancope's customers securely benefit from the promise of software-defined networking (SDN).

Derek MankyPanelist

GLOBAL SECURITY STRATEGIST, FORTINET

Derek Manky formulates security strategy based on years of threat and industry knowledge, with a goal to make a positive impact towards the global war on cyber crime. Manky has presented research and strategy world-wide at many security conferences, including meetings with leading political figures who help define the future of cyber security. He works globally within the security industry and Computer Emergency Response (CERT) to connect the dots, providing mitigation advice and threat forecasts based on correlated data and personal knowledge.

SPONSORS

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Trend Micro Incorporated, a global leader in security software, strives to make the world safe for exchanging digital information. Our innovative solutions for consumers, businesses and governments provide layered content security to protect information on mobile devices, endpoints, gateways, servers and the cloud. All of our solutions are powered by cloud-based global threat intelligence, the Trend Micro™ Smart Protection Network™, and are supported by over 1,200 threat experts around the globe. For more information, visit www.trendmicro.com